The seamy Jewish underworld of Odesa is the setting for Isaac Babel's story based on the life of gangster king Mishka Yaponchik "Mike the Jap" Vinnitsky. Murder is a way of life for Benya and his gang until he finds himself ensnared in a Bolshevik trap.
- Created by
- Vladimir Vilner
- Origin
- SU
- TMDB rating
- 5.8 / 10 · 6 votes
Cast
Matvei LyarovMendel Krik
Yurii ShumskyiBenya Krik, Mendel's son- Anna GorichevaDvoira, Benya's sister
- Abram VabnikLazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancé
Mykola NademskyiKolka Pakovskiy- Teodor BraininLyovka Byk
- Heorhiy AstafyevAbdullah
- Aleksandr SashinSavka Butsis
Osyp MerlattiFroim Grach- Mikhail SmolenskiyMarantz, broker